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WIRE FENCE. No. 394,773. Patented Deo. 18, 1888.

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EDIYARI) C. JONES, OE HAMILTON, ONTARIO, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN YDAR-LING SMITH, OF TOVNSEND CENTRE, AND lVIIiLIAM LUTES, OF IYATERFORD,

COUNTY OF NORFOLK, CANADA.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,778, dated December 18, 1888.

Serial No. 208,994. (No model.)

'['0 all 1071/0711, it may concern:

Be itknown that I, EDWARD COOPER JONES, of the city ot Ilamilton, in the county of lVentworth, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion ot' Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVire Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a t'ull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same.

The 'first part of my invention relates to a very simple, but strong and durable, portable double post vformed ot plain or, preterably, ot channel iron bent in the center until both halves are parallel and the lower portion (which is calculated to go into the ground) bent or twisted, so that the sides will ott'er a flat surface resistance to the strain of the wires. No post-hole need be dug for this post, as it may be driven firmly into the ground to the required vdepth and securely stayed with a main brace and an auxiliary brace attached thereto, and a bolt through the post to prevent the latter brace getting out of .its place. lVith the post thus constructed and braced I combine a permanent wire-stretcher, which tightens up each fence# wire to its :t'ull level position and holds it in its place permanently, and is so arranged that any wire in the fence can be slackened or tightened as required with little or no exertion or trouble. The device consists in a short shaft to which is cast a perforated llange near one ond, andthe other extreme end squared so as to receive a crank-handle or wrench to turn it. The tlange is provided with circular holes-say about eleven, more or lesshthrough which a bolt may pass to hold the stretcher and wire. A small hole is also made in the dange portion. close to the shaft to receive the end ot.' the wire previous to coiling it around on the shaft. At each extreme end et.' the fence there will be as many stretchers as there are main wires. lVhen wire-netting is employed there will be two main wires. All the wires can be tightened or loosened easily and quickly, as the temperatu re may require.

.By reference to the drawin forming part ot this speeitieation, it will be seen that Figure l represents a side view ot' a double portable corner-post. Fig. 2 represents a trent view ot' the same with wire-stretchers in position. Fig. il is a perspective view ot' the wire-streteher. l `ig. l is a perspective view of a portion of a wire tence, showing the intermediate T-stays between the posts.

A represents the double anch'oror ond post, [formed ot' channel-iron about oni and onehalt inch in depth by tive-eighths brfafl,bent in the center, so that the two uprights are 6o parallel, leaving a small space between them. The two lower ends of the post are twisted one-quarter turn at the point b, so that the liattened sides may possess more surfacebearing t'or resistance to the strain of the 65 wires than it' they were not twisted as shown. This post may be driven into the ground without digging a post-hole for it, and it is h'eld firmly in its upright position by means of the main brace B, which ot' round iron of sut'- 7o ticient strength to stand the strain ot the wires without bending. Brace I3 is bolted to the post A a short distance below the top, as shown at Fig. l, and to its lower end is affixed a Hat metal plate, C, which is placed about one ltoot under the surface of the earth. The brace and its end foot-plate aet as an effectual stay t'or the post, in addition to which, and to prevent the possibility ot the post being' drawn upward by the 8o immense strain ot' the wires on it, a second 'or auxiliary brace, l), is bolted or otherwise aflixed or'attached to about the center ot' the main lin-ace B and made to pass between the sides otl the post at or near the ground line, as shown in Fig. l, and into' the ground about two and a halt' teet. It is made of channel-iron with the edge side up, and a bolt, c, is passed through the post immediately under it, on which the said brace impinges,which thoroughly couuteracts-the tendency ot' the double post to be drawn upward out of the ground by the pressure ot' tight ening up the wires. It will be observed that this post, as described, by simply removing the wires and braces, can readily be pulled up, rendering it absolutely portable, il' so desired.

The wire-stretcher is shown detached at E, Fig. 5, and consists ot' a round shaft, j, about 10e an inch in dianieter and three inches long and square-shaped at one end to receive a wrench t'or turning it. On this shaft is cast a disk or flange, g, about three inches in diameter and one-quarter of an inch thick. In this lflange is made a series of circular holes, 7L, near its outer edge, about threeeighths of an inch in diameter, to receive a pin, 1', to hold the stretcher and wire to the post. An `additional sinall hole, j, is inade through the [lange g, near the shaft't f, to receive the cud ot' the tence-wire that wound upon it.

It will be observed that one reason why the post is niade double, with a space between its two sides, is to receive the iiange g of the wirestretcher between them at the saine time that the shatt portion rolls or revolves on the two edge surfaces ot' the post. In stretchingI the wire to the said double anchor-post each wire 7.: has its end pnt through the small opening) in the flange g of the corresponding stretcher t o hold it when the stretcher is placed in position against the post, as in Fig. l, and a crankhandle or wrench is applied to the square end of the shaft f ot' the stretcher and turned (the wire rolling around the shaft snugly) until the wire is strained up sulticiently tight to be ljielij'ectly level. A pin, i, is then inserted in one of the holes 71 in the flange nearest the post, a two-inch pin being sut'iicielitly long to iinpinge on both sides ot' the post to forni a bearing to hold the wire troni slipping and keep the stretcher in its permanent position, the stretcher being placed on the post where the wire is to be permanently aiiixed. All the wires ol' a fence are thus secured to the double post in their respective positions on the fence, and it will be observed that any wire can be easily tightened or loosened by simply removing the pin i, turning the shattf with a wrench to the required distance, and replacing the pin in another hole 71, according to circumstances.

The entire :Fencewill be simple, but-strong, durable, and easily put up. The wires will, be tightly strained with the greatest ease and be just as capable ot' being loosened when required, and everything about the fence is so constructed as not easily to get out of order.

Having thus described `luy device and its ad- \iantages, what l claim as iny invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a wire tence, the double anchor-post A, provided with a brace, B, having a footplate, C, an auxiliary brace, D, attached to the` said brace l5 about its center, at right angles thereto, and a pin, c, passed through the post A about the surface ot' the ground, over which the brace D passes and upon which it impinges as it passes a distance into the ground in rear otl the post through which it passes, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a wire felice, the combination of the double post A, provided with a brace, B, having a foot-plate, C, an auxiliary brace, fl), attached to the said brace l1 about its center, at right angles thereto, and a pin, t, passed through the post A about the surface ot' the ground, over which the brace D passes and upon which it inipinges, with the'spindlef and perforated disk g, substantially as and for the purpose specified. J

Dated at li'ainilton, Ontario, this'ilst day oi June, A. D. lSSl.

E. C. JONES.

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